The amount and accumulation rate of plastic debris on marshes and beaches on the Georgia coast

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 113-119

  Lee, Richard F ^a   Sanders, Dorothea P ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Beach; Fragments; Georgia; Marsh; Plastics

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DEBRIS; ELASTOMERS; ESTUARIES; WETLANDS;

ACCUMULATION; ACCUMULATION RATES; FRAGMENTS; GEORGIA; LARGE AMOUNTS; MARSH; PLASTIC DEBRIS; SAMPLE AREAS;

PLASTICS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BEACH; GEOACCUMULATION; MARSH; PLASTIC WASTE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESTUARY; MARSH; PLASTIC DEBRIS ACCUMULATION RATE; PLASTIC DEBRIS AMOUNT; SEASHORE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GEORGIA (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84964270633     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.019     Document Type: Article

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